on today's washington journal we will get the latest on the fiscal cliff. at 8:30 eastern, another expert. washington journal, each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> next, a discussion on the history and influence of media. host,hear from npr looking at the current state of media, coverage of the 2012 election, and changes since the golden age of television. this event was posted by the new york institute of technology. it's an hour and 20 minutes. fabrics are moderator tonight is a professor of media studies at fordham university. he is the author of four books on cultural programming. for 15 years he was the head of special projects at the directors guild. he frequently moderates events around the city for the screen actors guild, the producers guilds, bafta, the academy of promotion pictures arts and sciences, and for us. next, we cannot be honored and delighted to have the managing editor and co-host of npr's a -- "on the media," and is the author of the book "the influence machine." we will be doing a sign of her book in paperback. she's been at npr man